0006566: Commands Missing on AWS Kali Linux AMI (Jun 25, 2020)

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0006566	Kali Linux	Kali Package Bug	public	2020-07-12 10:27	2025-07-14 09:36

Reporter	sxvi	Assigned To	daniruiz
Priority	normal	Severity	major	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	no change required
Product Version	2020.2

Summary	0006566: Commands Missing on AWS Kali Linux AMI (Jun 25, 2020)
Description	Multiple commands missing or not working on latest AWS Kali Linux AMI, such as curl, hydra, msfconsole, updatedb. Linux kali 5.5.0-kali2-cloud-amd64 0000001 SMP Debian 5.5.17-1kali1 (2020-04-21) x86_64Linux kali 5.5.0-kali2-cloud-amd64 0000001 SMP Debian 5.5.17-1kali1 (2020-04-21) x86_64 The programs included with the Kali GNU/Linux system are free software; the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. Kali GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law. kali@kali:~$ curl -bash: curl: command not found kali@kali:~$ hydra -bash: hydra: command not found kali@kali:~$ msfconsole -bash: msfconsole: command not found kali@kali:~$ updatedb -bash: updatedb: command not found
Steps To Reproduce	Launch AWS Kali Linux AMI, connect via SSH, and test commands.
Additional Information	Specific Ami Id: ami-0e0b21c2d1cf7ad01 Tested on a t2.micro instance, no user data provided, default EC2 launch options. Connected via SSH using kali user, as specified in usage instructions.

daniruiz 2020-07-22 11:33 manager ~0013115	You need to install packages manually. They're not installed by default to have a faster installation, but you can perfectly add all of them from the command line. (remember to run `sudo apt update` before doing any search/install) To search the name of a package run `apt search <name>` and then install it via `sudo apt install <pkg>` If you want to install all the packages that come preinstalled with the default kali install kali-linux-default `sudo apt install kali-linux-default`

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2020-07-12 10:27	sxvi	New Issue
2020-07-22 11:33	daniruiz	Note Added: 0013115
2020-07-22 11:33	daniruiz	Assigned To	=> daniruiz
2020-07-22 11:33	daniruiz	Status	new => closed
2020-07-22 11:33	daniruiz	Resolution	open => no change required
2025-07-14 09:36	g0tmi1k	Priority	high => normal